licentiate(n = noun.person) Array - holds a license (degree) from a (European) university; Array
is a kind of bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student
1. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology. [1913 Webster]
"The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor." [1913 Webster]
2. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
4. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor. [1913 Webster]
To give a license to. L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
licentiate, n.
1 a holder of a certificate of competence to practise a certain profession, or of a university licence.
2 a licensed preacher not yet having an appointment, esp. in a Presbyterian church.
Etymology:
ME f. med.L licentiatus past part. of licentiare f. L licentia: see LICENCE